Here’s what Quincey told Yahoo: “Everyone is ready to get shipped out any day. There’s a lot of guys, their bags are packed beside the door, and they wouldn’t be unhappy to go – trust me. I know I had a big smile on my face, and all the guys were jealous. I think there’s a bunch of guys that were pissed off they weren’t in a package deal.”

Whooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

First off, great quote from a newspaperman’s perspective. Now that’s some of the old stuff – ripping a team that traded you on the way out the door. In a large way, I respect that about Kyle Quincey. Too often we media people want it both ways: we rip guys who don’t say anything quote-worthy, then when they do, we go “How could you say that?????”

Here’s more from Quincey:
“There’s guys that have been talked about for two, three weeks – and I was, too, right?” Quincey said. “That’s all I’m saying. With guys getting talked about all the time, your mindset kind of changes. It’s tough there because they’re in a dogfight. When you get talked about every day, it kind of wears on you. You start thinking, ‘Where am I going?”

And more, including how it might be affecting some Avs guys who haven’t gotten contract extensions in their last year of deals: ““I truly believe, if you have confidence in a player, then give it to them, show it to them,” Quincey said. “When there’s so much uncertainty if those guys are going to be there next year, it would be nice for guys to get extensions. But that’s their policy, and that’s what they do.” “Confidence, it comes and goes, and when it goes, it’s pretty tough to get it back.”

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I’m not going to make any editorial judgments about Quincey here. The Avs acquired Quincey in 2009 and gave him a pretty nice payday here, a deal worth more than $3 million a year. He got lots of ice time here too. Have I said enough?

Should be a good game Saturday in Detroit.

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Some gossip:
Vancouver is interested in Cody McLeod. They’d like to get Steve Ott from Dallas to increase their grit/annoyance factor by 1000 percent, but McLeod might be a nice alternative to them. Stay tuned. Mike Gillis likes him though.